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With signs that the long boom in American auto sales is tapering off, the Detroit giants are eclipsed on Wall Street by the electric-vehicle upstart.
The bank was ordered to pay a manager who was fired in 2010 after informing supervisors and a bank ethics hotline about what he thought was fraudulent behavior.
This mild-mannered musical adaptation of the famously divisive 2001 French film is unlikely to inspire similarly passionate responses.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered a review of federal agreements with dozens of law enforcement agencies, including the Baltimore Police Department.
An ancient Khmer temple’s restoration draws adventurous tourists to a little-known corner of Southeast Asia.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 29, 2017, covering April 4, 2017.
Ed Sheeran
Metallica
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Bruno Mars
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2017Syria conducts an air strike on Khan Shaykhun using chemical weapons, killing 89 civilians.[†]
The Khan Shaykhun chemical attack took place on 4 April 2017 on the town of Khan Shaykhun in the Idlib Governorate of Syria. The town was reported to have been struck by an airstrike by government forces followed by massive civilian chemical poisoning. The release of a toxic gas, which included sarin, or a similar substance, killed at least 89 people and injured more than 541, according to the opposition Idlib Health Directorate. The attack was the deadliest use of chemical weapons in the Syrian civil war since the Ghouta chemical attack in 2013.
In 2017, the world population was approximately 7,645,617,954 people[†]